Chapter LXXII. for the relief of Otis Pendleton, Harris Pendleton, John F
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Chap. LXXII.— An Act for the relief of Otis Pendleton, Harris Pendleton, John F. Delaplaine, Elijah P. Delaplaine, and others. March 3, 1825. *Be it enacted, &c., * That the collector of the customs for the district Otis Pendleton and others to be paid the am’t to which their vessel would have been entitled, &c.of New London, in Connecticut, be, and he is hereby, directed to pay to Otis Pendleton, and Harris Pendleton, late owners of a fishing schooner called the Elizabeth, of sixty-three tons, and forty-two ninety-fifths of a ton burthen; which vessel was lost at sea, and to the persons composing the crew of said schooner, the amount of the allowance to which said vessel would have been entitled had she returned into port after completing her fishing term, to be distributed according to law.
Sec. 2. John F. Delaplaine, and E. P. Delaplaine, to receive the amount of allowance, &c. *And be it further enacted, *That the collector for the port of New York be, and he is hereby, directed to pay to John F. Delaplaine and Elijah P. Delaplaine, owners of a fishing schooner called the Sandford William, of the burthen of one hundred and twenty-five tons, and to the persons composing the crew of the said schooner, to be distributed according to law, the amount of the fishing allowance, the payment of which was refused by the said collector, in consequence of the loss of the original fishing agreement, accidentally burnt during the fishing voyage, of the said schooner, in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four.
Approved, March 3, 1825.